Angus HER - NO55NE0024 - EAST DRUMS

Main Details

Primary Reference	NO55NE0024
Name	EAST DRUMS
NRHE Card No.	NO55NE24
NRHE Numlink	34767
HES SM No.	NULL
HES LB No.	NULL
Site Form	Documentary Record Only
Site Condition	Destroyed
Details	Site of a cist discovered in 1964 by ploughing. It had a rebated cover-stone and clay-luted corners. The coverstone was 0.3 m below the surface and the dimensions of the cist are 1.07 m long, 0.46 m wide at the west, tapering to 0.50m at the east and 0.58 m deep. It was oriented east-west and contained an inhumation accompanied by a Beaker and seven flints. The beaker, found in the north-east corner by the head of the skeleton, is decorated with comb and incisions and is 15.7 cm tall.
Last Update	28/10/2022
Updated By	cpalmer

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Date of Compilation

Google Map for NO55NE0024

National Grid Reference: NO 5980 5790

Event Details

Event Date	Event Type	OASIS ID
1964	Excavation

Excavations and Surveys

Date M	Date Y	Type	Duration	Director / Organisation	Auspices	Fund	Extent
	1964			J D BOYD	DUM

Artefact and Ecofact

Date M	Date Y	Artefact Type	Finder	Recovery Method	Condition	Storage Location	Access No.
	1964	FLINT SCRAPER		Excavation			1966-105 2
	1964	BEAKER		Excavation			1966-105 1
	1964	FLINT FLAKE		Excavation			1996-105 3
	1964	FLINT FLAKE		Excavation			1996-105 4
	1964	FLINTS		Excavation			1996-105

Ecofact

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Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
BURIALS	HUMAN		B	100
BEAKERS			C	100
FLINTS			D	100
SCRAPERS	FLINT		E	100
CISTS	SHORT	SITE OF	A	100